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lOKNLSG, DECEMBER 31, 1901 TEN PAGES.
SINGLE COl'Y EIYE CENTS.
The
DENIES WAR RUMORS
AabamuUr Wkiti Telli trmaii Uaitid
Itatei it rriinilj.
-'
ITMNGLY REBUKES REPORT OF HOSTILI.
Eakirlaid to Diiiit Fttct with Amaic
Ib.T.AllEli..
NOTHING SlfiNIFICANT IN NAVAL CONDUCT
Tamil Go to Ytmzailan Watiri Nat U
Aroii TtakiiB.
MECAUTIONS TAKEN TO PRESERVE AMITY'
nnrmnny Mnltea Kmnlmllp. Denial of
AllcRril Tcrnitnnllon of Illnlo
mnllc llelntlon lilt Itn ftoutli
Atiiprlcuii NclKlilior,
BERLIN, Dei. 30. The German Foreign
office authorizes the Associated Press to
state that there is no truth whatever
In tho dispatches from Caracas, saying
that tho German mlnlBter has left tho
Veneiuclan capital after n heated oxchango
of words with, President Castro. Tho Gor
man chargd'aff aires, Herr von Iilgrlm-Unl-tazzl,
Is still at his post, and Is continuing
negotiations with President Castro. Tfccrc
has not been any question of breaking off
diplomatic relations with Venezuela.
Tho German minister to Venezuela, Dr.
O. Bchmldt-Leda, who has been on a va
cation here, Is now on his way to Caracns.
Tho foreign olllcn again solemnly reiterates
tho statement that It docs not conteraplato
territorial acquisitions in Venezuela.
Replying to Germany's assuranco to tho
Unltixl States regarding tho former's plans
In rolatlon to Venezuela, the foreign olllco
hero has received an answer from Sec
retary Hay, expressing full satisfaction with
Gormany'B position. Germany still hopc3
to collect her claims peaceably.
Tho Tngo Iilatt thlB evening prints a
doublo leaded cablo dispatch from Wash
Ington, sotting forth that tho principal mili
tary and naval authorities thcro consider
that war between tho United States and
Germany soonor or later, is Inevitable.
'Meimut lomil AoiiMenne."
Tho United States Ambassndor Andrew
Whlto Informed tho German nowspapcr
men who called at tho embassy, that tho
reports of the possibility of war between
tho United States and Germany wcro the
"thlncst kind of sensational nonsense." Not
ono of the authorities rofcrred to In tho
dispatch, ho added; would, under any cir
cumstances, disclose bucIi an opinion, least
of nil when tho relations between tho two
countries urn bo good us at present.
"Moreover," said Mr. Whlto, "President
Iloosovelt entertains not only ofllclal, but
personal prcdlltctlons for Gormnny, which
have been known not only ofllclally to tjio
Gorman government, but which liavo long
been known among his friends. Ho 8tullcj
In Germany, reads and loves German liter
ature, and has a mont'slnccro personal re
spect for tho German emperor.
"Any utterance of tho kind alleged by nn
olllccr of either service would bo oternly
rebuked by President Iloosovelt."
Today tho small Germnn cruiser Gazcllo
was ordered to Ball Immediately from Kiel
to Venezuelan waters. The government In
tends to send ono or two small warships
to rolnforco tho present German squadron
in the Cnrrlbboon sea. The additions to
Germany's nnvnl force In tho Carrlbbean
will not bo sulllclcut to glvo rlso to sus
picions among tho people of tho United
Htatos that Oennnny meditates anything be
yond tho collecting of claims duo German
subjects.
Willi In I'enee Almir All.
The government desires beyond every
thing r-lso In this matter, to avoid disturb
ing tho government or people of the
United Stilton. German iiewspnporu pub
lished t'iday aro full ut expressions of this
Jctnd and niuny of these expression!! ure so
tu.ich nllko that It Is eusy to infer thai their
utterance were suggested by tliu govern
ment. A remarkable, thing Is that there Is not n
fdugln unkind expression toward the United
States In niiy of till newspaper discussion.
A dispatch from New York, tan local news
paper printed yesterday, to the effect that
the persoua of responsibility In tho gov
ernment consider war between Germany and
the Uutted States to be Inevitable, and
which la pioduced ovorywhcie, Is treated
with coolness, and Inerodulence.
"Wo hope that this eountry," saya .the
Berlin Nelstu Nuchrlchten, "which grew
out of the Spanish war, and which we con
sider to be wholly erroneous, will soon glvo
pluco to a more correct conception of Ger
jmuiy'tt alms, it Is qulto unreasonable that
tho people In tho United Stntcrf holding
nuch opinion should connect nuch opinion
with the Venezuelan affair, Insomuch ns
Washington has been fully Informed of Ger
luany'n Inteutlons."
The lAikal Auzolger Bays- "Tho task for
cur diplomacy l to muko German Interests
prevail against Venezuela, without at the
same lime, losing touch with tho American
government. Tho authorities at Washington
have up to tho present time shown such
intelligent comprehuudlon of tho situation
und friendly disposition toward Germany's
wishes that no grounds for apprehension
exist at this point."
font lionet Denimm trillion.
CAItAOAS, Dec. 30. It can bo said upon
oxcollent authority that Oermnny'B contem
plated naVal demonstration against certain
Venoiuclan ports will be postponed until
the germination of the present revolution
cvgaliul President Castro.
Tho Venezuelan government has Bent a
request to Berlin that Herr Knoop, mann
Kcr of the Germau railway, bo discharged.
It is believed that Manager Knoop will be
expelled.
The Ofllclal Gazette, published today.
contains a resolution of tho Venezuelan
government setting forth that Herr Knoop
Is unfit any longer to deal with the gov
ernment, as he Is an accomplice In tho
present revolution, and roust be discharged
The resolution further says Herr Knoop
Will probably bo expelled from Venezuela.
Traffic over the Gorman railway contin
ues to be suspended.
DISCREDITS MUTINY STORY
Vu rile n Sor llrnort Wan Founded
on f I ml I nit of Flip un
l'rUoiirr.
LKAVr.NWOnTH, Kan., Dee. 30. Warden
McClaughroy denies that thcro was anv
mutiny at the federal prison Saturday. H
sty tho report was caused by tho, finding
t a file on ono of tbo prisonflra and. the
lory of another.
IN FAVOR OF ARBITRATION
Southern Countries SlKtilfy Aniirovnl
of 'flip HnRiip Conference
v I'll) 11.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. The State de-
nartracnt received dispatches today from
Tjco i;uy maKing ciear lor mo nrsi umc
. ' . g to be exnected on the subject of
. ' 'in, which has been tho most lm
poi i most dimcult problem before
the C sof Atnerlcnn Republics. The
advices ora Mr. Iluchanan, tho
American u jate, who was assigned to
look after this particular question. Ho
atntc3 that an agreement on the lines of
Tho Hague conference nppears to bo fa
vored by tho majority of tho republics nnd
that this probably will bo tho basis of no
tion to bo tnken by the congress. He also
states that those republics which deslro to
go further than The Hague ngreement very
likely will sign an Independent convention
for compulsory arbitration. The congress
Is rapidly drawing to a close, and another
fortnight will probably bring a final ad
journment, bo that tho determination of
tho arbitration question appears to bo very
near at hnnd.
The understanding hero Is that the fol
lowing countries nro favorable to arbi
tration according to The Hngue plan,
namely: The United States, Mexico, Chile,
Colombia, Ecuador. Haytl, Nicaragua, Sal
vador, Costn Hlcn and Honduras.
There Is some doubt ns to Ilrazll and Gua
temala, but the latter Is expected to Join
the other Central American countries In
favor of non-compulfiory arbitration.
Tho countries which may sign nn Inde
pendent convention for compulsory arbi
tration nro Argentine, Venezuela, San'o
Domingo, Peru, Uollvla, Uruguay nnd Para
guay. That Venezuela should favor com
pulsory arbitration causes some surprise
here, but It Is said to bo duo to Presldont
CaBtro's desire to force tho Colomblnu con
troversy to nrbltrntlon. Tho position of
Santo Domingo grows out of her boundary
dllllculty with Haytl.
BUSY OVER THE PHILIPPINES
Srerrlnry Hoot Confer willi Sruntnr
IiImIkc nml I'lntt on Proposed
I.i'uloltit Ion.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. Secretary Moot
has been In nlmost dally conferenco with
Senntors Lodgo nnd Piatt of Connecticut
during tho past week In regard to legisla
tion for tho government of the Philippines.
Dills nro In course of preparation to carry
Into effect tho recommendations made bv
tho Phlllpplno commission, looking to tho
material und political welfare of tho Is
lands. These bills nuthorlzo tho granting
of franchises for railroads, electric light,
telephones, etc., tho issuance of bonds of
tho lnstilnr government to purchnBo tho ag
ricultural holdings and property of reli
gious orders, provldo for tho acquisition of
homestend rights, regulate raining and pro
vldo n Bpeclnl system of coinage and bank
ing for tho Islands.
DEPARTMENT" REFUTES STORY
AHMlnliint PoNtmnntcr Gcnrrul hn
Mei'iiml CIiinn Mull Itnten
An- I'unl lured.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. A statement cir
culated broadcast by a publishers' bureau
In Chicago that t,ho PostoIUce department
has ruled thut a subscription to any pub
llcntlon entered us second-class matter
must bo discontinued upon tho explrutlon
of tho tlmo for which It has been paid In
advance, Is given a vigorous disclaimer In
Instructions Issued by Assistant Postmaster
General Madden.
The Instructions direct nil postmasters
to notify publishers In their respective cit
ies that this Btntomciit Is untrue nnd mis
represents tho altitude of the department
and that thcro has been no nuch chnngo
with regard to subscriptions to legitimate
ccond-claas publications.
CREEKS ASK NEW AGREEMENT
!1nmuHI1-I tilth III n Untie ('iitiiinlft-
fclon I'Iiiii for tin' Allotment
of I. mid.
WASHINGTON. Dec. .'!. Tho Creek In-
1 1 it ii nation of ludlnu Territory has sub
mitted to tno interior ucpurimeui. h re-1 fortulu to lmvt, participate! In that event
quest for authority for a delegation of tl)r(l nf Ju)y , all p,K1,r.f.I110,lt which
Greeks to como on here with ti new agree-
ment which the Creeks havo druftcd, look-
lug for nllolmentH of lands and other mat-
tors. Tho ugroement is designed to take
tho plaeo of tho one executed with the
Dawes commission, but which after being
altered here, is still pending. Tho Creeks I
want to negotiate tho new ngreement di
rectly Instead of through the Dawes' com
mission The department probably will re
fute to Kindlon the proposition.
PENNY POSTAGE. IMPOSSIBLE
roiiKreiiiniiii I, mill ii) llpiluelloii of
1, filer llnte Would Ciiimt-l.lll-CP
Ulllllt.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. Congressman
Loud, chairman of tho 'house committee on
poBtoillces and postal roads, hnd a talk with
the president today about postal legislation.
.Mr. Loud says that 1-cent postage la out of
the queBtlou. "Under present conditions,"
nays he, "penny postsgo would result In u
dlttclt of $35,000,000 nnnunlly."
SERIOUS RELIGIOUS RIOTS
CoiiNtulili'K Arp Driven Into
thu
Clinri'li nnil l'orepil to
Surrender,
LONDON, Dec. 30. Tho Island of Lewis
has been tho scene nf ecrlous religious
riots, arising from tho union of tbo free and
tho united churches of Scotland. Tho
Islanders refused to countenance tho alli
ance, nnd when tho minister at Ness Joined
the united church they locked him out of
his church. A Btrong forco of pollco was
sent over from tho mainland to open the
doors, whereupon tho Islanders congregated
and, throwing volleys of ctonos at the con
stables, drove them Inside the building and
bombarded them with rocks until they ca
pitulated and agreed to leave tho island,
MASSACRE REPORTED IN CHINA
3Ilstonary nnil ClirUtlnn Convert
Snld to Dp Killed, lu Itornl
Province. ,
LONDON, Dec. 30. Tho Shanghai corre
spondent of the Dally Express cables that
a missionary and a numbor of Christian
converts have been massacred at Nlng Sha
Fu, In Kan Sou province, where Prince
Tuan and uonorni rung run Slang aro
residing.
The correspondent says it Is assorted
that the troops of General Tuns Fun Glaus
laro reepouslblo (or tbo taaasacro.
SECRET l)F ETERNAL LIFE
FroftHor Lttb Ol&lmi to Diroonr Hcait
to Dtfut Gut.
UNKNOWN NATURE OF DEATH REVEALED
Grunt Selpntlst Clnlnm tlint on
.Win lite Mculc He Hit (liven
llumnnlt)- Perpetual
Youth.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30. Experiments which
it is claimed aro n beginning of tho un
raveling of tho mysteries of death, wero
made public by Prof. Jacques Loeb at tho
fourteenth annual meeting of tho Ameri
can il'hyslologlcal society nt the University
of Chicago tonight. During the last summer
tho noted scientist has been continuing
his series of experiments with the 'eggs of
tho lower raarlno animals, especially those
of tho sea urchin, and tonight In a paper
entitled "On thq Prolongation of Mfo of
Unfertilized Eggs of the Sea Urchin by
Potassium Cyanide" ho told a. group of the
foremost physiologists In America that by
means of his observations of tho effects of
certain chemicals upon theso minute bits
of tho protoplasm ho wna ready to make
a tcutativo definition of tho heretofore un
known nature of death.
Death, said Prof. Loeb, was not a nega
tive process, a simple breaking down of
tissues, na it has been regarded up to
this time, but an active ngent borne with
the birth of the egg, nnd destined If not
checked to gain tjie upper hnnd of tho llto
instinct nnd bring nbout extinction.
Hut, greater oven than tho apparent dis
covery of this death ugont In ull llfo sub
stance, Is Prof. Locb's announcement that
he has been ablo to check death In the
eggs of the. eca urchin by means of chemi
cal agents, This, It Is claimed, means
nothing less than that on n minute hcbIo
tho secret of eternal llfo Is In the power
of mankind.
Tho experiments, Prof. Icb says, were
simple. Unfertilized eggs of tho sea urchin
wero placed In a weak solution of potas
sium cyanide and abandoned for several
days. In ordlnnry condition nn unfertilized
egg dies in a fow bourn, destroyed by tho
death agents born with It. At tho end
of several days tho eggs were again ex
amined and wcro found to bo Btlll capable
of fertilization and of producing healthy
animals.
In explaining the results, Prof. Loeb
said that thu "niortlfrous processes" wero
duo to the actions of certain ferments ut
an unknown nature, whoso destructive
tendency was counteracted by tho potas
sium salts.
TRIBUTE TO ADMIRAL SCHLEY
Dliimonil .Moil ut l'r.pupiif piI by .Junior
Ainerlenn Jlreliiinlcs nn n
Te Htlnmuliil.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. Tho Maryland
Councils of the Junior Order of American
MrrhnnlrH tnnlnht nrenented to Hear Ad
rolral Wintleld S. Schley a. roagntflccnt
medal Htudded with diamonds as an evl
denco of their personal esteem and ad in Ira
Hon of his services to tho country.
The presentation took plnco In Admiral
Schley's apartments In this city, nnd was
mado by a committee from tho councils,
which cnm.o over from Daltlmoro on nn
afternoon train
Ilov. C. V. Wyntt, acting ns spokesman
for tho party, referred to Admiral Schley's
participation In the battle- of Santiago, and
to his conduct following It and added that
his unselfishness had endeared him to the
hearts of tho American people. Hoforrln
to the court of Inquiry, Dr. Wyntt said
tho people had sympathized with tho nd-
mlrjl lu tho ordeal through which ho had
passed and had substituted tho minority
for that of tho majority, because they
weighed opinions rather than counted them
"Tlmo," ho added, "will but Increase the
appreciation of your services and tho brll
Uancy of your fame."
Admiral Schley thanked tho committee
and milled:
"The tervlce which this beautiful emblem
Is Intended to commemorate, Is ono which
evory lover of home and eountry will gladly
perform for his country. It was my good
rcndlnst..d tho ceoirrmililial lines on this
, eminent and this testimonial from vour
j organization is only another recognition
. from my f0uow countrymen that theso
8crvlues havo met your npprovul. I
tnnnU you amn ror tulH kma trlhute." .
0.UIET BEFORE THE ELECTION
lillllp llpiiioimlrnlloii 111 or Hip
turn of Gpiiprnl lioniPK to
Hp.
lliiviinn.
HAVANA. Dec. :J0. Tho return of Gen
eral Maximo Gomez to Ilnvana yesterday
did not produce tho big demonstration which
hnd been, predicted. Although General
Gomez was welcomed by six bands of music,
less enthusiasm was shown than In the
Mnso manifestations. The Mnso followers
had nrranged a demonstration last even
ing In nppoaltlon to the ono to welcome
Gomez, but this wns prohibited by tho au
thorities, who feared trouble.
Tho preparations for tho elections, to bo
held tomorrow, aro proceeding quietly.
WILL AIDS RELIGIOUS WORK
I'nrt of KatntP Gopn In Vnrlou Of
EnntinllonN of Hip I'rrnliylrr-
liiu Cliureli.
PHILADELPHIA. Doc. 30. Dy tbo will
of George W. Farr. Jr., a Jeweler, which
disposes of an estate valued at $255,000, tho
Ministerial Relief association of tho Pros
byterlnu church receives $10,000; tho Pres.
byterlnn Board of Homo Missions $5,000, and
tho Presbyterian nonrd of Foreign Mis
sions $5,000.
After nil Individual bequests aro made
tho will devldes the resldun of the estnto
to the Hoard of Publication nnd Sabbath
school work of the Presbyterian "church In
tho United States In trust.
MAN KILLED IN RUNAWAY
Albert W. Uon of Tectiniaeh Mpols
Imtnnt Druth from In
jury to Snlne, -
TECUMSEH, Neb,, Deo. DO. (Special Tel
egrnm.) By a runaway accident with n
heavy oil wagon hero this morning Albert
W. Nelson, manager of the Tecumseh
branch of tho Standard Oil company, was
lustnntly killed. His splno and ono arm
were broken. Mr. Nelson was 36 years of
age and lived. In and about Tecumseh moat
of bis llfo. He leaveB a wlfo and one jwns
on. Ho carried $2,000 Insurance, The fu-
Jjicral will be ThuraOoy
ONE PASSENGER SHOT DOWN I
Other ii Kit Knftlncer Obey Order
of Tour .lien Armed irlth
(illllH.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 30. four white
men killed J. M. Ilhea, nn Inoffenslvo pas
senger rj, a train of tho Ynzoo & Mississippi
valley Lrnnch of the Illinois Central rail
road early this morning near Lelnnd, Miss.,
cut tho locomotlvo from the train nnd forced
tho engineer to run to 'Cleveland, Miss.
All four men wtro arrested. One is In Jnlt
nt Lelnnd and threo nro locked up nt Shelby.
The four men are:
Ashley Cocke, a prominent business man
of Cleveland, , J
A. M. Phlpps, n Iceland merchant.
Thomas Lauderdale, said to bo a relatlvo
of Phlpps.
Ulackman, residence unknown.
The four boarded the northbound train nt
Loland at 3 n. m., to retuVn to Shelby. J.
M. Ilhea, an engineer, on his way to
Tutwller to take out a locomotive thcro
and was sleeping on a seat lu tho sleeper.
Cocko hnd a revolver nnd Laudordalo
and Ulackman had Winchester rifles. Walk
ing up tho alslo Phlpps wns In advance of
tho party, when ho caraoj In contact with
Ilhea's legs, which wcro extended out Into
tho aisle. Ilhea was awaktned and a quar
rel followed, during which one of the four
men told Hhen that they ijould not nil stay
In tho same car; that hi would hnvo to
got out. Ilhea remarked hat In crdor to
provcut troublo ho woula hnvo to do as
they told him. Thcrcupoi ho started out
of tho car. Ho had Just renched tho door
when, It Is claimed, thnirnen opened flro
upon him and ho fell. Conductor Georgo
McLaughlin ordered tho tfaln back to Le
lnnd, thcro to leavo tho fcorpsc. As soon
as Lcland was reached thi conductor wcut
In search of tho sheriff and per.co omccrB.
Tho four men ilrnvn ovef'vbodv out of tho
smoker and' tho ndjacentl car during tho
run back to Leland and when they arrived
thcro they covered Engineer Dclanoy with
tholr guns and told him that If ho did not
obey their commands theyj would kill him.
lie was compelled to uncouple nis engine
and when tho men mounted Into tho cnb ho
was ordered to run to Shelby. Phlpps beenmo
seporajed from his companions nnd was nr
restcd r.t Lelnnd.
At Shelby tho others waited for tho next
trnlu for Cleveland, where they wero ar
rested. Ttyero Is much excitement .'and In
dignation In tho neighborhood over' today's
tragedy, but no violence Is nntlclpntcd. The
men had nil been drinking.
OVER A MILLIOJNA.YEAR SHORT
l'liuiiii'i'M of A i Ii nl 1 Trimt In Any-
i
tlilnfr lint nn MnronriiKllK
Condition.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30. Concerning tho ro
cent application nt Newark, N. 4ji 'or lno
appointment of receivers for tho; National
Asphalt company, the Herald Bal'S that n
thorough Investigation Is now under way
by tho Audit company of New Ydrk, which
Is nctlng In harmony with tho John protec
tive committees representing tho principal
Interests Involved. Until thnt 'investiga
tion Is concluded nothing dcDnllo can bo
stated ns'io'tha conccrn'sVrcdtindltloii or
predictions of successful ltWrfttnlzutlounnd
resumption. Tho president of tho National
company, General Francis Vinton Greene,
hns Just Issued n statement in which ho
speaks guardedly of tho company's future.
Tho losses, such ;ih they are, will, It Is
said, fall heaviest on Phlladqlphla stock
holders. ,.
Prom tho pnpers submitted In the appli
cation for a receivership It nppears thnt tho
company stands pledged to fay nnnunlly
IL'.fiOd.OOO In Interest and sinking fund
charges, whereas It professes to be nblo
to count upon receiving from tho earnings,
Interest and other payments of its sub
sidiary oporntlon from tho companies uot
moro than $1,000,100 yearly.
NO NEW FATALITIES FOUND
All of MlinlliK I'liNnrimerM III .Sontll
ern W reeU Are Aceoiintpil
Tor.
LYNOHlirnG. Vn Dec. SO.-Dcvelon-ments
no far cone'ernlug the wreck last
night nt KeiiKcnn, do not disclose any fatal
ities lu addition to the four already ro
porii'd. Machinist Haker. Chleflon Forge,
who was unnccoiinted for ln.it night, turned
up nil right today. Some of those who'havo
been to the ficeno of tho wreck Insist that
some passengers wore lost, but so far nn
con be learned nil who worn known to havo
been on the train have been accounted for.
Thnt others might have been drowned la
poslble, but thcro Is no cluo to tholr Iden
tity. Tho clearing of the track will probably
take all day tomorrow.
TO REDUCE RAILROAD TARIFFS
Order Ineil liy Govprnor Wood
l.oivprlnir fliiirKr on MiiKnr
mill ToIihcpo.
HAVANA, Dec. 30. A decreo reducing the
railroad tariff on sugar nnd tobacco an
nvornge of 25 per cent will be Issued by
Governor General Wood tomorrow.
Culnn plnntors hnvn long protested
against the alleged excessive rates on theso
products from points In tho Interior to
tho seaports. According to tho new decree,
nlso, as far ns possible, tho rates will bo
mado uniform throughout tho Island. The
decree further provldos that tho railroads
shall Yq granted hearings on their peti
tions to show that their earnings cannot
bear thb proposed reductions.
MAY CALL SPECIAL SESSION
Oovprnor Orinnn Coimldem Nepd for
New Upvpiiup I, ii iv In
Colorado,
DENVER, Dec. 30. Judge Rlnor In tho
United States district court today mado per
manent the lnjunotlon against tho fitato
Board of Assessors, preventing them from
certifying out the assessments against the
corporations.
Judge Rlncr declared that the law ap
pointing the board of thirteen assessors
iwns unconstitutional and they had no power
to mako the assessment. Governor Or man
is considering the question of cnlllng thu
legislature In special session to 'pass a
now revenue law,
HALF CENTURYJEHIND BARS
K tin una Wtfp Murderer ftoea ia Slnto
Prison for Fifty
Yrnr.
OSKALOOSA, Kan., Dec. 30. William
Klusmlre, the wife murderer, was brought
Into court here today, ami sentenced to
fifty yoars In tho penitentiary, Klusmlro'
was ronvlct4 (4 UUlAf kU wl(9 la UoUon
HOLDS UP P0STMASTERSI1IP
Suitor Millard Hu Ndlgh Appolntmut
flnipiidtoL
WILLE AND ANDERSON CONTEST PLACE
Norfolk llinlnr .IIpuN Amoelntlnii
Aetlve for Govprnturnt llnlldlnit
rioiier Seed for Count)'
Clinlriiieii,
(From n Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. (Special Tele
gram.) Hardly had the octlon of Senator
Mlllnrd In nominating Charles Wllln for
postmaster at Ncllgh become known In Na
braska when telegrnms nnd letters began
coming In protesting n gainst his action
nnd asking for n rehearing on behalf of A.
J. Anderson, also an npplicant for the po
sition. So numerous wire theso letters
nnd telegrams that Senator Millard decided
to havo his action suspended, so thnt ho
might moro fully review tho endorsements
of tho candidates for the place. Assistant
Postmaster General Ilnrstow was nsked to
suspend action looking to the appointment
of Wllle, In view of tho objections, and
thin hns been done. Wllle has been notified
of tho action tnken on tho part of Senator
Mlllnrd, and In order to support his claims
tor tho position 1h filing n lot of nupple
mental Indorsements. Anderson Is also
busy nlong similar lines.
Senator Millard proposes to mako as
thorough a distribution ns possible of tho
garden nnd llowcr seeds which tho govern
ment gives ench senator nnd member of
congress every year. He- proposes to dis
tribute the major portion of his quota
through tho several county chairmen In
tho North Platte section, answering, how
ever, nil requests for individual packages
directly from Washington.
Norfolk' Public lliilldliiK Cliilui.
Tho Norfolk lluslness Men's association
has sent letters to tho members of tho Ne
braska delegation railing upon them to sup
port tho bill providing for tho erection of
a government building nt that place.' A
copy of the letter which Senator Millard
received today states that 0,000,000 pieces
of mall nro handled at Norfolk annually,
and that as ground for a government
bulldtng has been purchased It Is economy
on tho -part of tho government to erect a
building, theroby snvlng rent nnd building
a meeting placo for tho district court for !
the United States when It comes to .NorioiK. '
Tho letter Is signed by G. A. Lulknrt, pres
ldont; C. C. Dowd, vlco president; . ?
Hughes, treasurer, nnd Hurt Mnpes, sec
retary. Senator Millard arrived from Otnnha
tod nr.
E. M. Ilartlett of Omaha Is nt tho Italolgh
llriiiirliiieul .Nott'N,
Representative Martin of South Dakota
enw the president nbout an nrmy llouten
nncy for his stutlon today.
Thn noatnfflces at Aloys, Ulsmar'ck nnd
Gcrmnnvlllc. Cimilng county, and Rldgeloj,
Dodgo county, Neb., havo been ordered ills
continued nfter Junuary ji.
'fh'fc condition of tbo nnttanal bunks of
Lincoln, Neb., December 10, bIiowb: Loans
und discounts. $2,813,055; lawful money- re
serve, $326,SS0, Individual deposits, $2,138,
400; average rcscrvo held, 20.2S.
Postmnstcrs appointed:
Nebraska Annie U. Ualcom, Essex, Fron
tier county, vlco J. L. llalcom, resigned.
Amos G. Alexander, Garfield, Lincoln
county, vlco A. P. Clark, resigned.
South Dakota David Heln, Mound City.
Campbell count;'.
Wyoming J. N. IJarnhart, Kendall, Fre
mont county. John Pearson, Sun Dance,
Crook county.
Frank V. Wright of Cheyenne, Wyo., nnd
Samuel IJrlghtwull of Russell, la., were np
polnlcd railway mall clerks.
MARRED BY PARTISANSHIP
HlMtory- or ProlPNlniit Hevolt timrnpd
ns lleliiK llPlli'lent In
Fnc In.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. Th Anicrlcnn
Historical nsBoelntlou continued its scsslnni
hern today with a large .attendance. The
speakers wore. Profs. F. L. Stevenson of
Rutgers college, Ephrnlm Emertnn of Har
vard and James Ilarvoy Robinson of Co
lumbia university.
Prof. Robllibon's paper was entitled "Re
cent Contributions to the History of tho
Protestant Revolt."
In this paper he emphasized tho partisan
character of the scourers of Information,
which he said, greatly embarrassed those
who nro anxious to form a fair minded
estimate of the Issues and the leaders In
tho movement referred to. Neither Bldo
was capublo of forming a Just opinion of
their own or their enemies' worn, no no
olared that Jan.isen. a Catholic historian,
had done moro than nny other writer of tho
past generation to give us nn Idea of tho
spiritual llfo In Gcrmauy before the public
appearance of Luther.
Ho urged the necessity or studying mo
history of tho mcdlovnl church far more
carefully and Impartially, for ho said we
know fur too llttlo of the actual workings of
the church beforo tho protestant schism
At tho afternoon session olucers wero
chosen ns follows:
Prciildcnt, Alfred T. Mahan, United States
navy, retired; uri vicu ini-amum, -,.
Iac, Philadelphia; second vlco president,
Prof. G. W. Smith, Toronto; treasurer, Prof.
C. W. Dowen; corresponding secretnry,
Prof. C. W. Hasklns, University of miciu
gan; Becrotary of tho church history soc
tlon, S. M. Jackson; executlvo committee,
Hon. Herbert' Putnam, W. R. Dunning. F.
J. Turner, Peter Whlto, J. F. JameBon and
Lnwrenco Lowell.
A resolution was adopted rccommondlng
thnt tho association call the nttentlon of
congress to tho great Impetus n hall of rec
ords under government management would
glvo to tho study of history. Tho commit
too on tho Justin Windsor prize announced
that Ulrlc S. Phillips of Georgia was the
successful contestant for tbo prize of 1901,
his essay being entitled, "Georgia and
Stato Rights."
NAVY ESTABLISHES PLANTS
rPinrtiueitt KiiirrlmrulN ivltli Wire
less Telcurmiliy nt tVimliliiw
tou nnd AuiiiiiioIIn,
WASHINGTON, Deo. 30. Tho Navy de
partment has decided to establish wlroless
telegraph plants at the Washington navy
yard and at Annapolis, The plans for the
necessary equipment of tho two stations
are now being worked out under the dlreo
tlon of Admiral Bradford, nnd experiments
will bo under' way at an early date, At
each point a tall mast will be erected for
tho purposo of receiving and transmitting
s'"nals and small buildings will bo erouteu
tho Installation oi Instrumental
CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska Fair nnd Colder
Tuesday! Wednesday Fain Northwest
Wlivls,
Tpiupernttirp nt Otmilin Vculrrtlnj t
Hour, Dpk. Hour. Dew.
ft u. in :t I 1 ii, to 15
ii u. in :t:t i; i. hi
7 it. in,,.,,, iui :t p. ui , in
s u, in :t:i i p. in is
i a. in :t. r, i. in..,.,, lift
to ii, in,,,,,, :iu ,-, p. in t:i
tl ii. in ,'IS 7 i. ill i-
I- in II S i. HI to
II l. III :ts
FOR SUCCESSOR fo""SEWELL
ttt-iiulilleiinn Coufpr on t'nnillilntes
for Viipiiup)' In I'nllrd
Mute VpiiiHp.
TRENTON. N. J Dec. 30. At a confer
enco of state republicans held hero this
afternoon and tonight, the vaenncy In tho
United States senate caused by the death
of General Scwell, was incidentally dis
cussed. Among those taking part lu tho
conferences wero Governor Voorhees, First
Assistant Postmaster General Johnson, nnd
Congressman Charles N. Fowler.
At ono of tho conferences State Senator
E. H. Stokes of Cumberland county wns
urged to becomo n candidate for United
Slates scuntor. He expressed nn unwilling
nrss to net In tho matter until after the
funeral of General Sowcll, which will take
placo tomorrow. There Is no question, but
ho will nntiour.ee himself as a candidate
for the place.
Tho cnndldntcs In the fleld, besides Sena
tor Stokes, nro Stato Assessor David nalrd
of Camden, County Clork Parker Oummero
of Mercor, John S. Drydcn of Essox, und
Attorney General John W. Griggs, whose
candidacy will also be announced after Gen
eral Sewcll's funeral,
Governor Voorhees haR offered the office
of stato treasurer, Just mndo'vacant by the
death of Georgo II. Swain, to First Asslst
nnt Postmaster General Johnson, It 1h not
certain that he will accept, but the Impres
sion tonight Is thnt he will do bo,
FUNERAL OF SENATOR SEWELL
New .fprNpy'n l,n. '.Slut rxinnii Will Hp
llurlpil itIIIi Full Mlltliirv
llouota.
CAMDEN. N. J., Dec. 30. Tho obsequies
of Senator William J. Sowcll will take plnco
tomorrow with full military honors. Tho
public will bo permitted to view tho body
in tho morning. Ilollglous services will bo
ncin ni mo late senator's house, lllshop
John Scarborough of tho Protestnnt Epls
copal dloecso of New Jersey nnd Rov. Red
Ick, pastor of tho church of which Senator
Scwell wns vestryman, will officiate.
The military escort will consist of five
batteries. United States army, detachments
of the New Jersey National gunrd and mem
bers of tho-latc gcunral'a division stnff.
Among tho honorary pallbearers will bo
Governor Voorhees. Governor-elect Murphy,
Sccretnrv nf Wnr nt A,ntn, n.' i
ll. C. Corbln. U. S. A.. ex-Unltcd States
Attorney General GrlggH nnd A. J. Cassatl.
prrfll(Jcilt of tJj(j ,,enn8ylvnn, rallroad.
Mujor General John R. Hrooko, In com
mand of thn Department of the East, will
bo In commnnd of tho federal troops.
FORM NEW MINING COMPANY
Knxlprn , r'niiltnllNtN Will I'rolip
llnernln In AVpntprn Ter
ritory. for
ALII A NY, N. Y., Dec. SO Among tho
stock rompnnles which havo been Incor
porated here Is the Liberal Mining and De
velopment company, limited, of Now York,
to conduct a mining business nt Illalnn,
Idnho, and elscwhcro In, that state and In
tho states of Montana nnd Washington,
capital $2,000,000. Directors: John II.
Rooch. J. F. ninck, nnd Georgo C. Hetzel
of Chester, Pa., and F. C. Reed of New
York. TO REORGANIZE COMPANIES
IMnn
AiiiioiiiippiI Prcoldcnt firppn
of Tito Dpfuupt Aniilinll
Concern.
NEW YORK. Dec. 30. General F. V.
Green, nrcstdunt' of thn K'ntimml Ar,v,n
company, nnd the Asphalt Compnny 0(
America, for which recolvers wero an-
pointed on. Saturday in Now Jersey. eall I ,I,lclB th" '"""" of 1,10 preferred and corn
today that there would bo a reorgnnlza- ! mon dockholdcru wero Identical.
Hon of tho two comnanles. Tho next bill recites tho omnnlzatlon of
Tho mention of A. L. Barber's name lu
connection with tho Asphalt Company of
America wns erroneous. Mr. Barber rotlrcd
from tho compnny n year ago.
POSSIBLE BERTH FOR FUNSTON
neinirtillPllt of (lie IIiiUotiiM Muy
GIvpii to I In- Kiiiikiin
Gpiiprnl.
lip
ST. PAUL, Dee. no. Tho Pioneer Prras
will tomorrow say that It Is probablo that
Brigadier General Fred Funston may, upon
his return from thn PhHInnlnna on.
poInte1 commandcr of the Deportment of
,
u s Mnt0( that Uib opno,ntmont ';, bRJ
tween General Funston and General Kobbe,
oIbo a Phlllpplno veteran, but that tho
latter does not doHlro tho station.
KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION
Two Miner .Heel llPiith nnd Other
Arp DmiKProiiNly
IluriiPil,
SOUTH M'ALESTER, I. T., Dec. 30. W.
R. Bishop nnd C. Holmes, miners, were
killed In on explosion at Ola, a mining
camp near hero, In contract mlno No. 3
today. Six others woro dangerously burned.
It Is thought the miners went over tho
deadline that is drawn oh a warning to
thu miners of tho pmcnco of gas,
PREPARES FOR OMAHA FIELD
Hpv. J. W. Conley CIobpk HI Work
In Ouk 1'nrlt to Pill First
IIiiiiIImI Pulpit.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.-(8peolal Telegram.)
Rov. J. W. Conley has resigned tho pas
torate of tho First Baptist church of Oak
Park, after a sorvice of four years, to ac
cept a call oxtendod to hlra by tho First
Baptist church of Omaha. Ho will clone
tho work In his present charge tomorrow.
.tlovriiieutH of' Oremi Vennel Ileq
,io.
At New York Arrived: Ryndnm, from
Rotterdam; I'mbrlu, from Liverpool; Ii
Champagne, from Havre.
At Nnples Arrived: CJIon Turret, from
Tuconui via St. Vincent, J. V.
At Hotithamplon Hulled; Frlosland, from
Antwerp, for New York.
At Liverpool Arrived! OeorKlo, from New
York.
At Qenoa-Arrtvcdi Ixthn, Xroro Now
York,
BLOCKS T11E MERGER
Iijnnttlia it Restrain Ritirimmt of Nortk
ra Pacific, Pnferrid.
PAPERS SERVED ON PRESIDENT M ELLEN
PrtoludM Inuaica r Salt of Anj 0t
tlficatti of Iadtbttams.
OBJECT TO PREVENT A CONSOLIDATION
Ntrthtri Pacific, QrtatNorthira aad Fart tf
nrlingtea Detiarid Paralltl
AIMS DIRECTLY AT NORTHERN SECURITIES
.Minted Selienip. of I.ntter Compiiny to
Co mli I no Intprratn ntul Control
Hip Tlirrn Honda U Pro
nouneoil HIpkiiI.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 30. Just after the
noon hour today Cliurles H. Mullen, presi
dent of tho Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany, wns served with papers which en
join tho company from retiring tho pro
forred stork,
Tho order wns Issued by Judge Elliott of
the district court of Hennepin county on
tho application of Peter Power of Now
York, who hold? 100 nhnrr.i of the common
stock, It was supposed that tho falluro of
tho action brought In thn Now York courts
by holders of preferred stock clenred away
tho last obstarle to tho retirement of tho
preferred on January 1. leaving tho Hill In
terest In control of tho rond through Its
majority of the common stock.
Tho Injunction restrains the Northern Pa
cific Railway company from Issuing or sell
lng any certificates of Indebtedness or de
benture bonds or other ovldenco of Indebt
edness or crentlng any Indebtedness or lia
bility for thn purpose of raising money
with which to pay or rettro tho preferred
stock of the Northern Pnclflo Railway com
pany, or nny part thereof, or from using
or appropriating nny monoys or proceeds
other than tho ordinary or surplus net
earnings of tho Northern Pnclflo Hallway
company to tho payment and retirement of
the preferred stock of tho company, or nny
part thereof, nnd also from crentlng any
Indebtedness or liability other than tho or
dlnnry Indebtedness and llnblllty for the
operating expense of Its railroad system,
and tho Indebtedness nnd llnblllty now ex
isting which would bo n proforenco or tnko
precedence of tho common stock of Bald
company, nlso from placing Its property, or
any part thereof, or tho management of
Its railway system or nny part thereof, In
V I,8BC8S1n r "n,lor control, oitnor
directly or Indirectly, of thn Northern Se
tho possession or under tho control, olthor
1 ""i', m i-mui niK mm ny
! "Brceratnt. or nrrniigoniont. cither directly
ui nil,,, UMUiiun till, llll'llilliu III llltl
Northern Securities company or otherwise
with tho Great Northern Pnllroad com
pany, tho Chicago, Uurllngtnn Qutni'?
Railway company or either of them, for tho
purpoBo nf causing tho railway system
owned and controlled by the Northern Pa
cific Railroad company to bo operated In
eoncctlon with or under tho flnmo rules, or
by the name authority ns the Great North
ern Railway company nnd tho Chicago, Bur
lington & Qulncy Railway company, or
either of them, or from entering Into nny
agreement with theso companies, or either
of thorn for tho purposo of avoiding compe
tition and fixing rates for tho cnrrlago of
freight and pnsscngeTB upon either of their
lines of railway.
DpIIiii'm Couimnu nml I'l-pfpriVil,
Tho petition recites briefly tho history of
the Northern Pnclflo railroad and tho di
visions of Ub Btock Into common and pro
ferred. It Is alleged that tho only differ
ence between tho preferred Block nnd th-'
common stock wns that tho preferred Block
was entitled to the 4 per cent dividend prior
to anything being paid on the common
stock, nnd the bill In this connection al
lege thnt tho preferred stock was biibjeet
to, be retired at any time within twenty
years after tho tlmo of reorganization of
the I'ompniiy und tho issuing of the stock
! out of tho surplus not earnings of tho com
i rany Hl"1 1101 'l''"'lsf. tl"t ' other re-
' tho Circat Norlll0rn' Chicago, Burlington &
1 lllnc' lln,'w nni1 "lieges that tho Northern
I ,,aclfl,; rttll''oa,1 eomiauy and Great North
era Railway company aro parallel liner, to
tho Paclllc ocean, nnd that tho Chicago,
Burlington & Qulncy railroad ban a parallel
line from Billings, Mont., to Chicago and
that such linen are competing linos for thu
business of tho northwest.
I'lirpoKp of Conwnlliliitlun.
It Is nlleged that tho officers of tho Great
Northern road during last nummor nud
slneo thn plaintiff becaino the owner of
this stock, nnd without nny knowiedgo nn
his part, went. Into a combination with thn
Groat Northern nud tho Chicago, Burling
ton & Qulncy, tho purpose of which whm
to consollduto the throe systems undur ono
management, nnd knowing that It could not
bo legally effectod, tho directors of the
three companies, for tho purpose nf doing
Indirectly what they could not do dlreotlv,
cniiBod to bo organized tho Northern Se
curities company, n New Jersey corpora
tlon, with a capitalization of $400,00,00'),
which, undor Rb charter was authorized to
purchase and hold stocks, bonds nud necurlt
los of other corporations, tho Intention being
to cause a majority of thu stock of nil
three railway companlos to bo transferred
to tno Northern Securities company, and
to bo controlled by It, thereby controlling
tho three systoms of railway through tho
medium of the Northont Securities com
pany, suppressing competition, regulating
tho tariff rates nnd conducting the entire
business of tho threo systvius as one cor
poration. Proiiouniip NpIipiiip. IllPKnl,
It Is further alleged that theroupon the
Northern Securities company, commonccd
to udvertlso on terms of exchange, all the
stock of tho Great Northorn company, nnd
that tho wholo Bchemo was Illegal, In vio
lation of tho law of this state, and other
states, through which tho railway lines
pass, against tho public laws of tho United
States, and of each of tbo places.
Tho bill also alleges that under and
by vlrtuo of tho charter of tho Northern
Pacific Railway company, and undor the
provisions of the reorganization agreement
tbo preferred stock can only bo paid for
nnd retired nut of tbo not surplus earnings
of the Northern Pnclflo Hallway company,
and not otherwise.
That notwithstanding theso provisions thn
directors of paid company, for the first
step In carrying out tholr plan of trans
ferring tho control of tho defendant cor
porav to tho Northern Securities com
puny, juvo aorvod uotlco upon tbo floldorq